Second Lieutenant Pierce Franklin Martin

Regiment: Royal Munster Fusiliers
Date published: 23/11/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Information: Second Lieutenant Pierce Franklin Martin, Royal Munster Fusiliers, has died at his parents' home as the result of gassing. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Martin, of New Street, Killarney, and was educated al the Methodist College, Belfast. He obtained his commission through the Queen's University O. T. C. He went to the front in July, 1916, and was gassed in action in the following September. After some weeks in hospital he again went to the front, but never recovered from the effects of the gas poisoning.
Additional information: Not on CWGC